Over the last two weeks or so, we have been weaning Lucas off his pacifier. I hated that he used it but they started to give it to him in the NICU to encourage him to suck so we just went with it. One of Lucas' caregivers had mentioned that he was having a hard time falling asleep for naps and she thought it was because we were still giving him the pacifier at night. I felt stupid-of course that would impact him at nap time. So that was more motivation to get him off of it at night. Last Thursday was the first time we didn't let him use it at night and you know the story-he did fine. And earlier this week he did great with naps-slept more than an hour which he generally doesn't do.
Well yesterday another one of his caregivers told Marc that Lucas was having a really hard time with it, that it was hard for him at nap time and he really wanted a pacifier since all the other children had one. I was PISSED! First, yesterday he had a horrible day in general-the night before he was up because of his teething so yes, he is going to have an off day. Second, the other children are significantly younger than him. Is he going to revert back to just taking formula because all the other babies are? Third, why would we give the pacifier back to him? We are trying to WEAN him of it! Will it be hard, yes, for everyone. I was just in shock that she was making a case for us to give it back to him. Finally, he didn't seem to have any issues the previous days.
On a different note, Lucas has figured out that instead of trying to crawl for a toy that is out of reach, he will just stretch his arms and then pull the playmat closer to him. Thus bringing the toy closer. His physical therapist said that was good problem solving skills; I guess that is a nice way to say he is lazy.
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It's going to take a little while for him to forget the pacifier completely. There will be bad days. The caregiver should understand this, too. No pain, no gain, right?
I read about the 8 month sleep regression on this Australian mom's blog this week. http://sh1ft.org/blog Hello... I didn't know about this setback. I think it was the same time we took JT's pacifier, too. Probably not the best timing... or maybe it was good to get through all of it at once. Who knows?
On Sunday at the pool, I came out of the restroom with JT. John had a stunned look on his face. He said, "I just saw a 7 year old with a binky." Eeek!
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